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       July 5, 2000 
 Dhaka
      (UNB) – The five-nation BIMST-EC will formally launch an “Economic
      Forum” in its 3rd ministerial meeting in New Delhi on July 6.   State
      Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury disclosed this at a
      press briefing at the Foreign Office yesterday (Tuesday).   The
      minister, who will lead a 4-member delegation, leaves here on Wednesday
      night to attend the BIMST-EC meeting in New Delhi.   The
      BIMST-EC, a regional grouping, consists of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri
      Lanka and Thailand. 
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